Ulterior Motives (2025–present)

TV ShowOn airMystery, Drama1 season, 16 episodes
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Plot

Nina Pokrovskaya is a happy wife and mother who once worked as an investigator. After the high—profile case of a serial killer, she left for her family, leaving her career to her husband, a high-ranking officer of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. But one day, while taking pictures on the street, she accidentally shoots her husband with a young girl — at the moment when he should be on a business trip. Cheating ruins a normal life. Nina leaves, taking her son, and finds herself having to start over from scratch. Perhaps this is not the only mystery she will face.

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Highest-rated episodes all ranked

  1. 01Ulterior Motives S01E02Episode 2S01E02 · 9.0
  2. 02Ulterior Motives S01E01Episode 1S01E01 · 8.0
  3. 03Ulterior Motives S01E03Episode 3S01E03 · 8.0

Episodes by season

Season01Episode ratings across the season — the gold bar is its best episode16Episodes2025Aired 8.1Season avg
  1. S01E01Ulterior Motives S01E01Episode 1June 8, 2025 8.0
  2. S01E02Ulterior Motives S01E02Season's bestEpisode 2June 8, 2025 9.0
  3. S01E03Ulterior Motives S01E03Episode 3June 12, 2025 8.0
  4. S01E04Ulterior Motives S01E04Episode 4June 12, 2025 8.0
  5. S01E05Ulterior Motives S01E05Episode 5June 16, 2025 8.0
  6. S01E06Ulterior Motives S01E06Episode 6June 16, 2025 8.0
  7. S01E07Ulterior Motives S01E07Episode 7June 20, 2025 8.0
  8. S01E08Ulterior Motives S01E08Episode 8June 20, 2025 8.0
  9. S01E09Ulterior Motives S01E09Episode 9June 24, 2025 8.0
  10. S01E10Ulterior Motives S01E10Episode 10June 28, 2025 8.0
  11. S01E11Ulterior Motives S01E11Episode 11July 2, 2025 8.0
  12. S01E12Ulterior Motives S01E12Episode 12July 3, 2025 8.0
  13. S01E13Ulterior Motives S01E13Episode 13July 7, 2025 8.0
  14. S01E14Ulterior Motives S01E14Episode 14July 8, 2025 8.0
  15. S01E15Ulterior Motives S01E15Episode 15July 9, 2025 8.0
  16. S01E16Ulterior Motives S01E16Episode 16July 10, 2025 8.0

Season 1 ranked & reviewed

Castfull cast & details

Svetlana KolpakovaSvetlana KolpakovaНина ПокровскаяKirill SafonovKirill SafonovИван ПокровскийIgor BochkinIgor BochkinВладимир СазоновTatyana OrlovaTatyana Orlovaтётя МаняAndrej AverjanovAndrej AverjanovПавел ЖдановMaksim LagashkinMaksim LagashkinКирилловNonna GrishaevaNonna GrishaevaЛидия ГрошеваSergey YushkevichSergey YushkevichДмитрий Грошев

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